Written by readers of the Cygnus Review, this is a space to explore the experiences and insights of members of the Cygnus Community. Here, you'll discover articles on all things esoteric - from Shamanism to Psychology.

Mysticism & the Enlightenment Experience

Dear Friends, Greetings from the Scientific and Medical Network! As both Cygnus and SMN share a vision of inspiring their members to enhance their lives and know that spirituality can contribute to a meaningful life, we decided to collaborate so that Cygnus members could benefit from conferences and events organised by...

Our world is undergoing a metamorphosis. We can see from floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, changes in weather patterns and pollution disasters that our Earth is restless and in distress. Not to mention the political upheavals that blight humanity. However, the Earth has given us tools. Some amazing high-vibration crystals...

I was absolutely delighted last year to be asked to create a crystal oracle pack. I’ve been researching the history of crystal divination and have tracked the practice of scrying back over seven thousand years but it is probably much older as the pouches of stones, polished crystal mirrors and...

As above, so below, your birth certificate name creates your life from the moment you are conceived to the moment your physical body dies or you fully ascend. Sound is creative. The first sound was the sound of God entering the Great Void to create this Universe. As above, so...

Some people seem to be able to live for months or even years without eating. This phenomenon is known as inedia, from the Latin for fasting. I first heard of this phenomenon when my wife and I visited Jodhpur, in Rajasthan, India, in 1984. An Indian friend took us to...

Perhaps the biggest gift I have received on my spiritual path, and particularly from A Course in Miracles, is an understanding of and a means for practising forgiveness. I have found that, practised as often as the need arises (which is quite often!), forgiveness brings not just an easing of...

The author Barbara Marciniak says that the Goddess is going to be birthed through us no matter what, male or female. She explains how important this is for the planet. ‘When you explore the goddess,’ she wrote, ‘you begin to value life. When you value life, you do not kill.’...

When was the last time you asked yourself a question that took you to the very core of your existence? Beyond all the questions about belief and opinion, lies the most fundamental question of all: ‘Why is the Human on Earth?’ When you hear this question what first comes into...

I was quite awe–struck when I first learned about the great angel Mithra. In fact, if such a human emotion is not too noisy and crude in its vibration to admit to in relation to the angels, I was excited! Mithra – the unconquerable Sun Zoroaster (Zarathustra), the Persian mystic who...

December 21st 2012 What does it mean? What will happen? What do the Maya prophecies say? These are tantalizing questions but the answers are not so far away. Wherever we turn with wide open eyes and hearts attuned to the workings of cosmic energies on Earth we see indicators that...